Like a Book Group, Except With Video Games

The video-game blog Kotaku has proposed organizing a "video-game club." The goal is to agree on a game, get everyone in the group to play it through to the end, and then meet online to discuss the fine points: "My hope is that it will get me and you and all gamers who participate to look beyond the graphics, the gameplay, the routine and perhaps think about games the way people think about a good book or a good movie."

Some media-studies scholars have long argued that games should be treated with as much respect and analytical attention as works of literature or film, and the club would be a popular expression of the same sentiment. Will such groups eventually become more common than book groups? Will Oprah start to choose her favorites? What game would you pick to play and discuss? –Jeffrey R. Young